The daughter of former slaves, Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which would one day become Bethune-Cookman University.

The daughter of former slaves, Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, which would one day become Bethune-Cookman University. (Chicago History Museum/Getty Images photo)

We asked poet Maya Angelou, Dr. Joseph L. Wright and NAACP Chairman Roslyn Brock to share the heroes who continue to inspire them. Here are photos of them and the people they honored; click here to read the full story.